Tuesday, February 1, 2011

*Sorry guys! I had the Touch Up Tuesday scheduled... but, blogger failed to post it. Oh well... here it is!*

This photo was NOT taken by me. It was taken by a customer of mine. I do some photo editing. You are welcome to check out my Paper Mama Shop.

After:

Edit: First I did the basics ... Contrast and Brightness ... I flattened the image and made a duplicate of the merged layer. I set the new layer to Soft Light and lowered the opacity to really give it a pop. Then, like last week, I decided to play with multiple (4 to be exact) bokeh layers set to different blending modes like Overlay, Soft Light, and Screen. My customer wants this for a Valentine's card. Erasing any of the layer over the little girl and adjusting opacity to my taste.

If you're interested in the pretty bokeh textures that I used... I downloaded them from here: Bokeh Life Textures. There are 10 different bokeh's. Very pretty. Free.

I just found your blog, and I'm following now! Great photos, great editing. I'm really focusing on improving my photography and I'm looking forward to learning a lot from you. Thanks for sharing your techniques!